Even though the screen is off and I’m snoring, apps are beaming out lots of information about me to companies I’ve never heard of. […] According to privacy firm Disconnect, which helped test my iPhone, those unwanted trackers would have spewed out 1.5 gigabytes of data over the span of a month.

The problem is, the more places personal data flies, the harder it becomes to hold companies accountable for bad behavior — including inevitable breaches.

Vivaldi founder Jon von Tetzchner has been vocal on the topic of privacy for many years. He started working with the Web in 1992, just a few years after Tim Berners-Lee made Web standards available to the public.

I have always believed that access to the Internet and to the information available there is good for society. I have dedicated my life to helping people get onto the Internet and make the most out of it on their terms. Now, sadly we have real problems to contend with.

Over to you

We know that Vivaldi’s community is not indifferent to the topic of privacy, and it’s also a topic close to our hearts (after all Vivaldi doesn’t track or store any of your data.).